Hornpipe

Quick meaning: Hornpipe is a noun meaning (music) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.

Meaning

(music) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.

More Meanings

1. A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
2. A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
3. Music played to the hornpipe dance
4. (intransitive) To dance the hornpipe.

Word Forms

• hornpipes
• hornpiping
• hornpiped

Synonyms for hornpipe

Depending on context, synonyms include pibgorn, stockhorn.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pibgorn, stockhorn, pipe, pitchpipe, mouthpipe, leadpipe.

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